dofta

doft (“scent”) +‎ -a

dofta (present doftar, preterite doftade, supine doftat, imperative dofta)

1. to smell (usually (of something with) a pleasant scent)

   Det doftar nybakt bröd

   There's a scent [it smells nice] of freshly baked bread

   Skogen doftar av vår

   The forest smells of spring

   • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”‎^[1]:

     I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland.

     In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts / smells towards me sometimes [sic].

2. to smell (usually something with a pleasant scent)

   dofta på rosorna

   smell the roses

3. to sprinkle (something over a pastry or the like)

   dofta med florsocker

   sprinkle with powdered sugar

• väldoftande

• lukta (“smell”)

• dofta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dofta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dofta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)